Japan / SEASON

Overlord

13 listed episodes · First aired July 7, 2015

Season overview

On the night his favorite MMORPG is scheduled to be shut down, veteran player Momonga stays logged in until the clock hits zero. The screen goes dark for only a few moments before he finds himself completely immersed in the world of Yggdrasil. Left with all of his character’s devastating powers, total dominion over his NPCs, and nothing better to do…Momonga decides to take over the world.

EPISODE GUIDE

Episodes

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E1End and Beginning

Momonga is a regular salaryman who leads a guild in an DMMO-RPG known as Yggdrasil. After twelve years of playing the game, the servers are finally shutting down. Momonga logs in for the last time, seeing the game to it…

E2Floor Guardians

Grateful that they weren’t cast aside, the floor guardians experience the rule of their true master for the first time. Momonga quickly assess the situation and works toward protecting the tomb from invaders while conte…

E3The Battle of Carne Village

Momonga continues his efforts to protect Nazarick from the unknown forces he may be up against in this world. As he manipulates the Mirror of Remote Viewing, he notices a village being attacked and decides to test his s…

E4Ruler of Death

Momonga finds that the attackers of Carne Village were Slane Theocracy soldiers dressed as people from the Baharuth Empire. As the attack to lure and eliminate Gazef Stronoff continues, Momonga takes this chance to cont…

E5Two Adventurers

Momonga sets out with Narberal disguised as humans under the names of Momon and Nabe for the city of E-Rantel. There they register to become adventurers in order to gain more information about this unknown world. As the…

E6Journey

While Momonga has some doubts, he accepts Nphirea Balear’s request under the condition that the members of the Swords of Darkness join them. Though her urge to kill keeps distracting her, Clementine continues to slowly …

E7Wise King of Forest

Momonga and his group continue to Carne Village. There they see that the villagers are working toward fortifying their defenses against possible future enemies. Nphirea meets up with Enri and asks her about this man nam…

E8Twin Swords of Slashing Death

After Momonga registers Hamusuke with the guild, he goes to Nphirea’s home to find that his client has been kidnapped. The zombified remains of the Swords of Darkness litter the storage room. And there, Momonga finds th…

E9The Dark Warrior

Momonga and Narberal begin their respective battles against Clementine and Khajit. Momonga takes this chance to learn about the mechanics of fighting in this world, but in the end, he must show Clementine the consequenc…

E10True Vampire

Momonga finds out that Shalltear has revolted against him, due to something that had happened while she was on her mission with Sebas and Solution. The story rewinds a bit and goes over that very event. What could possi…

E11Confusion and Understanding

Momonga does damage control at the guild while he assesses the reason for Shalltear’s revolt. Coming to the conclusion that she is under an incurable status effect, Momonga goes to the treasury to retrieve some of the p…

E12The Bloody Valkyrie

Though Shalltear’s skill set puts Momonga at a complete disadvantage, he steps forward into battle. He gave various world items to his guardians to ensure the safety of Nazarick in his absence. Now, all that is left is …

E13Player VS Non Player Character

Momonga reminds Shalltear that he is the master of Nazarick and that his name carries the weight of all the supreme beings of Ains Ooal Gown. After the battle comes to a close, Momonga quickly takes action to strengthen…